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No. 608,606. Patented Aug. 9, I898. R. B. HUGUNIN.

SASH FASTENER.

(Application filed Apr. 6, 1898.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ,Patent No. 608,606, dated August9, 1898.

Application filed April 5, 1898.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ROBERT B. HUGUNIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Sash-Fastener, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sash-fasteners having a centralor side fasteningtongue and operated in connection with a face-plate.

The objects of my invention are, first, by strengthening of face-platethrough wall of shell to enable employment in opening in shell and plateof full width of plate to Wall of shell for admission'offastening-tongue body and fastening-tongue within a minimum width ofplate, rendering fastener in Width of plate applicable for thin sash,(see Figs. 1 and 4;) second, through opening in plate to wall of shellenable application of body of fasteningtongue with central or sidefastening-tongue to same plate, (see Figs. 2 and 3; same unassembled,see Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7;) third, through employment of inner surface inopening in shell and plate as bearings, with corrcspondingly-constructedbearings on body of fastening-tongue and in connection with outsidebearings on same and shell, obtain efiicient holding and workingbearings for body of fastener-tongue movably confined in open: ing andoperated through handle of same and spring, (see Figs; 1, 8, 9, 10, 11,and 12;) fourth, to unite in atongue sash-fastener operated inconjunction with a face plate a spring holding-disk having a side edgebear ing-flange conforming with rear opening in shell and bearing onsides of same to securely hold the spring within center ofshell-opening. (See Figs. 1 and 7.)

My invention further relates to improvements in sash-fasteners having afasteningtongue and operated in connection with a face-plate, theobjects of my improvements being to unite with sash-fastening plateshaving a resisting or butting end or ends, against which the tongue ofthe fastener operates, a butting flange or flanges on rear side ofbutting end or ends of the plate, the flanges resting against the woodat end or ends of the tongue mortise or mortises made on the edge ofsash, and through which the plate is greatly semi No. 676,555. (Nomodel.)

assisted in resisting pressure andshock at the point same occurs in workrequired of plate, and to the preventing of loosening, as from screw-fastening alone. This butting flange is shown applied to the singlebuttingend required in the short plate limiting the movement of sash tosupport when opened, (see Fig. 13,) and not shown, though applicable onthe four butting ends of plate located on each side of locking andlocking ventilating-slots O O, preventing movement of sash in eitherdirection. (See Fig. 14:.)

My invention further relates to improvements in sash-fasteners havinga'fasteningtongue operated in Conjunction with a faceplate, theobjectsof my improvements being to unite with sash-fasteners asash-steadying pressure-spring H, applied at top of and in rearsash-channel, acting when rear sash is closed (see Fig. 16) to hold thatedge from sagging open at the top, the opposite edge being firmly heldby the fastener, and also to preserve the level of the meeting-railsbetween the sash. The lower sash resting on the window-sill when closedis not affected from sag" ging.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which 1 Figure 1 is a sectional view showing the featuresof my invention-to wit, face-plate A, shell A, wall of shell A,fastening-tongue body B, handle B, central fastening-tongueBQbearing-disk b, spring-disk I), having spring-seat d,opening CO,extending through shell and plate, hearings on shell 0 c for bearingsZ), coiled spring D, and spring-disk E, having side flange e andpreferably springseat d and securing-rivet f. Figs. .Zand 3areperspective views showing application to same face-plate of central Band side fastening-tongue B. Fig. 4 is a rear plan view of plate A,showing shell A, and wall of shell A, and bearings c c for bearings b",and opening 0 0. Figs, 5 and 6 are plan views showing central B and sidefastening tongue 13 as located on fastening-tongue body. Fi .7 is a planView of coiled spring D and spring disk E, having side flange c andpreferably spring-seat cl and rivet f. Figs. 8,9,'10, 11-, and 12 areviews of modifications in fastener-bearings b and 0", adapted toapplication. of side tongue 13 only, (see Figs. 8 and 9,) and bearings Sand 79 with opening 0 0 straight from edge of plate to wall of shell foreither form of tongue 13 or B, the bearing spring-disk I) being employedin each. Figs. 13 and 14 are views of sash-fastening butting plates F F,showing general application through plate F of butting flange 'n tobutting ends of the plates. Fig. 15 is a plan View of a sash pressureand steadying spring H. Fig. 16 is a View showing steadying and pressurespring H applied to upper end of rear channel. Fig. 17 is a right-handmiddle section of a sashframe, showing fasteners applied to front andrear sash-channels with reference to the meeting-rails when the sash areclosed. Figs. 18 and 19 are edge views of both sash turned edge out fromframe, (see Fig. 17,) showing fasteners applied to the frame andfastenerplates correspondingly applied to the edge of the sash withreference to the tongues of the fasteners when sash are closed.

A is a faceplate; a a a, longitudinal and transverse centers of plateand shell.

A is an open shell on rear side of face-plate, having a central 0 andside opening O,extending through the plate for the admission and workingsupport of body of fastener and fastening-tongue in connection withbearings c c on shell ateach side of opening 0; A, wall of shell A onrear side of plate A, the strength- ,ening from which through depth ofmetal in the wall permitting the construction of plate with opening 0 0extending to wall across the plate without impairment of transversestrength, (see Fig. 4;) 13, body of fastener, having handle B, central Bor side fastening-tongue B, bearing-disk Z), spring and bearing disk 1),(these disks 1) and b are disunited to save metal between them andlessen the weight of the fastener,) and bearings 12 for bearings c c onthe shell. (See Figs. 5 and 6.) (For modifications in construction ofbearings see Figs. 9 and 11.)

O is the central opening in the shell A, preferably round and taperedand extended through plate.

0 is the side opening in shell A, extending between C and the edge ofthe plate; 0 0, combined opening in shell and plate for theadmission,working, and guidance of bearings on body of fastener B andfastening-tongue 3 or B, spring D, and spring flanged disk E. (See Fig.1.)

WVith wall of the shell located at rear edge of the plate the transversestrength is maintained while employing the entire width of same foropening to the wall for admittance of Working parts of fastener,obtaining thereby a minimum width of plate and adaptation of fastener toemployment of a central or side fastening-tongue and to application inchannels in the frame for thin sash.

The modifications (see Figs. 8 and 9) with bearings b and c on the sidesof opening through wall of shell necessitate leaving the plate solid inplace of opening 0 to maintain transverse strength, limiting fastener toside tongue only. Other modifications (see Figs. 10, 11, and 12) admitboth forms of tongue to same plate and with which the opening 0 O is ofuniform width. The sides of the bearingdisk I) are removed, leaving end,as bearing 12 and bearing S are constructed on the sides offastener-body, conforming with opening in shell in place of the removedsides. It will be observed with these modifications the essentialfeatures of my invention are retained.

D is a coiled spring, confined in opening 0 between spring bearing-diskb and flanged disk E and secured by rivet f or equivalent and throughwhich the fastening-tongue is operated.

E is a flanged spring-disk having, preferably, spring-seat d. The flangee around one side at the edge is of sufficient depth to steady same ashearing on side of opening 0 in shell. This disk is preferably made ofthin metal (see Figs. 1 and 7) to save space between thefastening-rivetf and spring D in opening in the shell.

F F are sash-fastening plates employed in forms shown in Figs. 13 and 14in connection with tongue sash-fasteners, each having butting flange orflanges n. The plates are applied as shown in Figs. 18 and 19. A mortiseis made in the edge of the sash conforming to the plate applied in thecenter of or at the side of the edge of the sash, according toemployment of central or side fastening tonguefastener. Fig. 18 showsapplication of plates for central tongue-fastener applied on the rightside in the rear sash-channel of the frame, Fig. 17, and Fig. 19 showsapplication of same plate for side tongue-fastener applied on right sidein front sash-channel of the frame, Fig. 17 Figs. 18 and 19 representingthe relative position of the sash when closed, as shown by the dottedlines projected across between these figures and Fig. 17. The two-slotform Fig. 14: is a locking and ventilating plate by means of which thesash are locked when closed and opened for ventilation. The plate shown,Fig. 13, with butting flange, is employed with the fastener forsash-holding purposes and to lock the sash by reversing butting end ofplate in application when closed. Several of these holding-plates areapplied to the edge of the sash.

a is a butting flange extending below and across the base at the buttingend or ends of the sash-plate, of a depth to furnish a firm buttingresistance against the Wood at end of mortise made for the tongue of thefastener on the edge of the sash, preventing pressure and shock in theWork of the plate from loosening same from screw-fastening.

H is a sash-steadying pressure-spring applied at the top of and in therear sash-channel and acting only when the sash is closed at the top tohold that edge from sagging open at the top, the opposite edge of thesash being held up by the tongue of the fastener.

The lower sash resting on the window-sill when closed remains firm. Theform of the spring for this work is not essential so the side pressureis furnished the rear sash at the closing point.

Kis the lower sash; L,upper sash; K, lower sash-channel; L, uppersash-channel; M, middle section, right side of sash-frame, Fig. 17; M,upper section, left side of frame, Fig. 16; P N, meetingrails of sash KL, Figs. 17, 18, and 19; R, sash division-strip; front stop, and 7* rearstop in frame.

The fasteners are applied to the sash-chann els on either of the frames,one for each sash. Fig. 17 shows the fasteners applied to thesash-channels on the right side, and Figs. 18

' and 19 show the fastening-plates correspondingly applied to the edgeof the sash with reference to the tongues of the fasteners as when thesash are closed. (Shown by the dotted lines projected from these pointsin the frame to the edges of the sash.) Fig. 17 shows fasteners appliedhaving central and side fastening-tongues, the upper the central and thelower the side tongue, and the sash for each. Figs. 18 and 19 show theposition of the fastening-plates for each form of tongue. With thecentral the fastening-plates are applied near the center of the edge,and for side tongue near the edge of the edge of the sash. The form ofplate shown in Fig. 14, having two slots on the edge, is applied to thesash to engage the locking-slot when closed and the other slot whenopened for ventilation. The steadying pressure-spring I-I employed withfastener for rear sash is applied to the frame at top of rearsash-channel, acting on the sash edge at the point of closing, that thefriction from same be the least possible, and instantly'released onopening the sash, the pressure from the spring holding that edge fromsettling open at the top, the opposite lower edge being firmly held bythe tongue of the fastener, this steadying of upper sash preservinglevel of meeting-rails between the sash. The lower sash resting 011 thewindowsill requires no such support.

"What I claim as my invention is 1. In a sash-fastener employingaface-plate and rear shell with an opening through same, and side ofsame, and face-plate in combination with body of fastener secured andworking in the shell-opening, having a fasteningtongue Working in andthrough the opening in the face-plate for same, spring and hearing disk,and bearing-surfaces corresponding With surfaces in opening and on theshell as bearings and provided with a spring, and operated through ahandle, substantially as, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a sash-fastener having a face-plate and rear shell, with openingextending through same and plate, in which are confined afastening-tongue, body of fastener, and spring, operated through ahandle, in combination with a spring holding-disk provided with a sideflange, substantially as, and for the purposes set forth. 1

3. In combination with the upper sash of a window, a fastener providedwith a tongue engaging the lower end of one edge of the sash, a springpressure-plate 11 secured to the upper end of the window-frame andadapted to engage the upper opposite edge of the sash when the latter israised to its normal closed position, whereby sagging of the sash isprevented, as specified.

ROBT. 13. IIUGUNIN.

Witnesses:

FREDK. E. FULLER, L. P. WALno MARVIN.

